Improvement in bale-ties



UNITED STATES PATENT CEEIOE,

JOHN MGMUETEY, OE LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

IMPRQVEMENT IN BALE-TIES..

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 142,803, dated September16,1873; application filed May 16, 1873. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MGMURTRY,of Lexington, county of Fayette andState of Kentucky, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Making Tiesfor Baling Gotton, Hemp, Ste.; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference markedthereon, and making a part of this specification.

The letters of reference in the severaliigures represent like parts.

The nature of my invention relates to an improvement in cotton-baleties; and it consists in cutting in the side of each end of the metalloop or tie a square notch, and upon eachside of this notch aright-angular cut is made, so as form a downwardly-projecting ilap, sothat when the two ends are brought together the ends of the tie and theflaps will all come on the under side next to the cotton, hemp, or othermaterial, so as to be entirely out of the way.

The accompanying drawings represent my invention.

A B represent the two ends of a common metal tie used in baling cotton,hemp, and other material, each of which have a square notch, d, cut inthem. Upon each side ot' this notch a right-angular cut is made, so asto form the flaps c.

When these two ends are brought side or edge wise together, so that thenotches and cuts will catch in each other, the two ends of the tie andthe downwardlyprojecting flaps will all come upon the under side next tothe bale, so that not a single end or projecting corner will come upontop to be exposed to injury, as shown in the last figure.

When these ends or corners do come upon the top they cause bothannoyance and loss in stowing the bales away in the holds of vessels bycatching in the bagging of other bales or against the beams of thevessel. My invention is intended to overcome these objections.

I am aware of the patent to I. NV. Petty,

March 5, 1867, and disclaim the device there shown.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The ends B, having thesquare notches

